rig

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The verdict

“rig” is uncommon German (frequency #57,363 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,363
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Takelage, die Takelung

Corpus desk

Index DE-rig · rig · German

rig · rank #57,363 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,363
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ritze

Nearest frequency peer: Ritze (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „rig“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rig
PropertyValue
Headwordrig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#57,363
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rig“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.rigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ritze“ (#57,364), „Riecher“ (#57,361), „Rohkost“ (#57,365). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rig“ bei #57,363. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rig is uncommon German at frequency #57,363 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

rig has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is rig, spelled R-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Takelage, die Takelung
  2. 2
    die Vorrichtung, die Anlage, die Ausrüstung
  3. 3
    die Bohrinsel
  4. 4
    der Sattelschlepper
  5. 5
    die Aufmachung

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rig"?
"rig" is spelled R-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "rig" mean?
As a noun, "rig" means: die Takelage, die Takelung
How do you pronounce "rig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rig" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rig" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

seu#57,401NOK#57,280UMP#57,490WEA#57,558

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list